Patents by Inventor Douglas Yule

Douglas Yule has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Location-based data communications system and method
    Patent number: 8832121
    Abstract: A communications system and method for communicating geographic location-based information to a client computer operating in a communications network is disclosed. The system involves the use of a geographic location-based records database, a client profile database containing at least one user preference, a means for receiving at least one request from a client computer, the request including information about a location of the client computer, and a means for parsing the request to identify the location of the client computer. The system and method involve identifying a set of information records from the database that are relevant to the location of the client computer and the user's preferences, an algorithm that computes a statistical result from the information records, and a communications network for communicating the result to the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: AccuWeather, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Smith, Michael Alan Steinberg, Christopher Patti, Douglas Yule
  • Location-based data communications system and method
    Publication number: 20060178140
    Abstract: A communications system and method for communicating geographic location-based information to a client computer operating in a communications network is disclosed. The system involves the use of a geographic location-based records database, a client profile database containing at least one user preference, a means for receiving at least one request from a client computer, the request including information about a location of the client computer, and a means for parsing the request to identify the location of the client computer. The system and method involve identifying a set of information records from the database that are relevant to the location of the client computer and the user's preferences, an algorithm that computes a statistical result from the information records, and a communications network for communicating the result to the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Smith, Michael Steinberg, Christopher Patti, Douglas Yule